OK girls, do your thang. I only know that "it" bleeds. I want to know more but i dont want to ask my mom. So im askin complete strangers on the web. Its easier beleive me. So, what is it, why does it happen, and whats the purpose???
2007-03-07 07:35:43 · 6 answers · asked by battey4u 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Okay...women are complicated, that is all you need to know haha! No really. A woman's womb (where fertilized eggs are planted by the body, where babies grow) is like a water balloon. Every month, a woman's ovaries produce eggs, they travel into the fallopian tubes that look like a "Y", and if they are fertilized, they travel up to the womb. The womb spends all month making a soft, squishy lining of blood in case an egg is fertilized by a man's sperm. If it does get fertilized, the egg attaches itself to the squishy blood lining of the uterus (womb) and develops into a baby. If the egg is NOT fertilized by sperm, it passes though her vaginal canal and out of her body. Don't worry, she won't lay an egg like a chicken, it is so small you can't see it. Then the uterus realizes that the blood lining is not needed this month for a fertilized egg, and her stomach and uterus muscles start contracting, the same as when you flex your butt muscles, and start to push the blood lining out. think of it as monthly house cleaning. The muscle contractions can cause major cramping, as with any muscle that works too hard too long, and this causes the female to be a raving wench for as long as her period lasts. The hormones in her body change, knowing that she is not pregnant and doesn't need the excess estrogen, and she will cry alot and act generally strange. Then, aftyer about a week, the process starts all over again. How exciting.
2007-03-07 07:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Simplified: A females "period" is the "time" of month when she ovulates (passes an unfertilized egg out of 1 of her felopeum tubes in the form of blood while a new egg settles ino the vacated felopum tube) When an egg is fertilized, a baby deveopes and periods stop for 9 months. Detailed information on reproduction is being taught in schools at certain grade levels or you can do a web search or you can get detailed information packages from the health department.
2007-03-07 15:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by SmallVoiceInBigWorld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://women.webmd.com/tc/Normal-Menstrual-Cycle-Normal-Menstrual-Cycle
Your mother really should be able to explain it all to you. It's not that traumatic really. I have two boys age 15 and 11 who's dad wouldn't tell them anything, so I did. No big deal really. Just gotta be clinical about it, like a doctor. That's the way my mom was with me and it wasn't embarrassing at all.
You also should have a class in about 5th or 6th grade that covers most of the clinical stuff too.
A search of the medical sites should give you the details. I don't understand why you can't ask your mom though. It's not a big deal.
2007-03-07 15:59:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you had sex education in health class yet? just wait for that...but if you must know...
its because when the egg comes out and no sperm is there it doesnt have anything to do in a sense, so when it plants itself in the uterus and sits there, its eventually bleeds out with the placenta...so yeah.
2007-03-07 15:51:51 · answer #4 · answered by .Frequently♥Dazzled. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not gonna remark a whole lot on this question. Rather I'm going to point you toward a medical site that has an article on it and explains what happens and why it happens. I hope it helps you out. Link below.
2007-03-07 15:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by DanniGirl 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It gets rid of body waste.
and seriously this is creepy, if you havent learned it in school you're probably really young.
2007-03-07 15:41:18 · answer #6 · answered by givemelust_flash 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋